Cops: Mass. man who threatened NY student caught

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say the lockdown at an upstate New York college campus came after a man threatened to kill a student trying to break off a relationship with him.

Saratoga Springs police say 49-year-old Lance Leonard was tracked by way of his cellphone and arrested in New Jersey after Skidmore locked down the campus Tuesday night when the woman's father reported the threat.

They say Leonard, who'd also said he'd kill himself, wasn't armed when he was found in Atlantic City.

Authorities describe Leonard as a transient whose last known address was in Cuttyhunk, an island off the coast of Massachusetts.

Prosecutors say Wednesday he's charged with felony first-degree coercion. It wasn't initially known if he has a lawyer.

Skidmore is a liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 2,500 students.